Thursday, 28 February 2013

We showed our first cut video to the class and they gave us some anonymous feedback on it. This is useful as it helps us to see what improvements we could make to the video from our audiences viewpoint and it also allows us to see what aspects of the video they really liked.

Wednesday, 20 February 2013

Normally the role of the hero or villain is played by a male
actor as they are seen to be more dominating and powerful. Due to this, the
role of the victim is played by a female actress. Although this is not always
the case, for example in the film Silence of the lambs, a female plays the
heroic role. It has also been shown that a change in stereotypical gender roles
can be more effective to an audience. Women lead characters are becoming quite
common.

Friday, 15 February 2013

I asked 25 people to vote for their favourite font from the previously uploaded mood board. It is clear that 'Crime times six' was the most popular with 'No fear' and 'True lies' having the second most votes.

The group decided to use 'Crime times six' as the font for the credits and 'True lies' as the title font. Crime times six is to be used for the credits as it is a more readable font where as True lies is an appropriate font as it will stand out when used for the title due to the dramatic use of italics.We chose True lies over No fear as it presents itself to fit the hybrid genre of crime thriller where as No fear appeared to suit the genre of horror more.

Wednesday, 13 February 2013

We have been brainstorming some title ideas for our opening sequence. Here are a few of our favourite titles and the meanings behind them, showing how they link to the possible story of our movie. We decided that we thought the most captivating title was 'Incontro' because it means encounter, which could link to the storyline, and also adds mystery by not directly being the English word.

Monday, 11 February 2013

In our costume research we found a lot of female detectives in films, such as 'VI Warshawski', wore plain black costumes, such as this suit, with red lips. This shows the professionalism of the character and the masculinity of the suit jacket shows their role in the film. However, the skirt and the red lips show the femininity of the character.

We also found that trench coats were highly popular in the costume design of detectives, as they are smart but also show that the detective may be hiding something, such as a gun or some other kind of weapon. Trench coats have become a traditional costume for detectives after the famous 'Sherlock Holmes', who was known for wearing a trench coat. Here we have examples from the modern 'Sherlock' and 'Se7en'.

Here is an experimental Point of View shot I took of someone running through the woods for our research on different kinds of shots as well as location research. I filmed this when it was beginning to get dark so there was low-key lighting and I tried out different ways of filming it, changing the shakiness or adding heavy breathing.

Tuesday, 5 February 2013

This is the promotional poster for our film. We took inspiration from movies such of a similar genre which use dark lighting to inform the audience that it will clearly be a thriller. We haven't included the actresses name as this is a low budget British film and the actress is unfamilar to the audience, the image and the font of the title don't give away what the film is about as the title is in a different language and the picture addresses the genre from the harsh lighting and dark clothes, but doesn't tell the audience any of the plot.